Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle

Princely family of Ligne

HRH The Dowager Princess

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    HH Princess Regine
    • HH Prince Philippe
      HH Princess Laetitia
      • HH Prince Jean Charles
      • HH Princess Aliénor
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  • HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat
  • HRH Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza
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    HH Princess Jacqueline
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    • HH Princess Florence

Prince Charles-Antoine Marie Louis Eugène Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 30 September 1946) is a Belgian French aristocrat and businessman, member of one of the most prestigious families of the Belgian nobility, the House of Ligne. He co-founded a company, with Christopher Harriman, LAREX Corporation, that promoted high-speed elevated transit and urban development, with environmental enhancement along the 35 miles of riverfront of the Los Angeles River corridor, including a possible high-speed train from San Francisco to San Diego.[1] The train is now under construction beginning in San Diego.

Background

Charles-Antoine was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1946.[2] He studied law at the Institut Catholique de Paris and hotel administration and management at Cornell University.[2] He is the son of the late Jean Charles, Prince de Ligne de La Trémoïlle and Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbéviller.[3]

He is third cousin once removed of Michel, head of the House of Ligne through their shared descent from Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne. Like all members of the Ligne family, he holds the title of prince in the Belgian nobility and the style of Highness.[3]

His branch of the Ligne family are heirs in the female line of the House of La Trémoïlle, which held the rare rank of prince étranger during France's ancien régime, as pretenders to the crown of Naples.

Marriage and children

He married, firstly, Lady Moira Beatrice Forbes, daughter of Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard and Marie Madeleine de Faucigny-Lucinge (descendant through an illegitimate branch of Charles X of France), on 7 October 1971 and were divorced in 1975.[3]

He married, secondly, Princess Alyette Isabelle Odile Marie de Croÿ, daughter of Prince Rodolphe de Croÿ, and Odile de Bailleul, on 23 January 1976. they had two sons:[3]

Ancestors[3]

Notes

  1. Gladstone, Mark; Colvin, Richard Lee (29 September 1992). "Wilson Vetoes L.A. River Parkway Bill Legislation". Los Angeles Times.
  2. 1 2 Gladstone, Mark (28 June 1993). "Obscure Prince Lobbies for Quixotic State Rail Plan". Los Angeles Times.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Genealogishes Handbuch des Adels: Furstliche Hauser Band XIV. Limburg an der Lahn, Germany: C.A. Starke Verlag. 1991. pp. 495, 498–499. ISBN 3-7980-0700-4.
  4. Abraham, Tamara (12 May 2011). "Mirror mirror: The striking similarity between Kate's Royal Wedding dress and the gown worn by Berlusconi's princess goddaughter (but who is the fairest of them all?)". Daily Mail. London.
  5. Antoing: un second mariage princier http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=39178480 Antoing: un second mariage princier Check |url= value (help). Missing or empty |title= (help)
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References

Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle
Born: 30 September 1946
Preceded by
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